Bill Text: HI SB2135 | 2014 | Regular Session | Introduced


Bill Title: Boards and Commissions; Term Limits

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-01-16 - Referred to JDL. [SB2135 Detail]

Download: Hawaii-2014-SB2135-Introduced.html

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2135

TWENTY-SEVENTH LEGISLATURE, 2014

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 

 

 

 

 

 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

 

relating to MEMBERS OF boards and commissions.

 

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

 


     SECTION 1.  Section 26-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

     "(a)  [The] Unless otherwise provided by this chapter or by law hereafter enacted, the members of each board and commission established by law shall be nominated and, by and with the advice and consent of the senate, appointed by the governor.  Unless otherwise provided by this chapter or by law hereafter enacted, the terms of the members shall be for four years; provided that the governor may reduce the terms of those initially appointed so as to provide, as nearly as can be, for the expiration of an equal number of terms at intervals of one year for each board and commission.  Unless otherwise provided by law, each term shall commence on July 1 and expire on June 30, except that the terms of the chairpersons of the board of agriculture, the board of land and natural resources, and the Hawaiian homes commission shall commence on January 1 and expire on December 31.  [No] Unless otherwise provided by this chapter or by law hereafter enacted, no person shall be appointed consecutively to more than two terms as a member of the same board or commission; provided that membership on any board or commission shall not exceed eight consecutive years."

     SECTION 2.  Statutory material to be repealed is bracketed and stricken.  New statutory material is underscored.

     SECTION 3.  This Act shall take effect upon its approval.

 

INTRODUCED BY:

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Report Title:

Boards and Commissions; Term Limits

 

Description:

Clarifies when members of boards and commissions may be nominated in a manner other than by the governor pursuant to section 26-34(a), HRS.  Clarifies when members of boards and commissions may serve for more than two terms and more than eight consecutive years.

 

 

 

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